Barco KVD User Manual

Wall control manager

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  • Page 1 User’s manual ARCO ONTROL ANAGER OVD/KVD/IVD R591337...
  • Page 2 Barco Wall Control Manager, Current Version Title: OVD/KVD/IVD – User’s Manual ARCO ONTROL ANAGER ID-no.: R591337 Revision: Date: March-2016 _________________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 3 BARCO. If the purchaser or a third party carries out modifications or repairs on good delivered by BARCO, or if the goods are handled incorrectly, in particular if the systems are commissioned or operated incorrectly or if, after the transfer of risks, the goods are subject to influences not agreed upon in the contract, all guarantee claims of the purchaser will be rendered invalid.
  • Page 4 Phone: +49-721-6201-0, Fax: +49-721-6201-298 E-mail: docu.de.bcd@barco.com, Web: www.barcocontrolrooms.com From: Date: Please correct the following points in this documentation (R591337): page wrong correct ________________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    6.2 Input ................................49 6.3 Color ................................51 6.4 Brightness ..............................53 6.5 Contrast ................................. 54 6.6 Manage ................................. 55 6.7 Settings ................................. 55 _________________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 6 8.2 Configuration for shutdown ......................... 60 8.2.1 User account ............................60 8.2.2 Installation of an SSH server ....................... 61 9 Contact ..............................69 ________________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 7: Introduction

    1 Introduction This chapter explains the used typographic styles and symbols. Safety information is provided concerning the operation of computer systems from Barco. _________________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 8: Styles And Symbols

    The sheet icon indicates additional notes. Next to this icon you find further information. This arrow marks tips. Next to this icon you find important notes. _________________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 9: Barco Wall Control Manager In A Nutshell

    The server runs on dedicated hardware, the Green BCM. The Green BCM is a wall router and the gateway to launch the client application. _________________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 11: Network Integration

    The software for monitoring and controlling displays over the LAN is called Barco Wall Control Manager. Barco Wall Control Manager software is a client/server application. Barco Wall Control Manager service runs on the Barco Wall Control Manager wall router (Green BCM). The Green BCM comes with the Barco Wall Control Manager software already installed.
  • Page 12 LAN2 to WALL interface of a second Green BCM Box! In case you think of additional ways of connecting a display be aware that these are NOT supported! _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 13: Video Wall Subnet: Assigning Ip Addresses

    Green BCM client application (using the link of the IP address shown in the dashboard of a display, cf. 5.4.2 Dashboard of a display _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 14: Permanent Ip Addresses

    IP addresses (i.e. the device with the lowest short term IP address will receive the first free permanent IP address and so on). _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 15 The entries of the table are written to the DHCP server configuration table only in case Apply has been clicked. This command restarts the DHCP server. A request to reboot the projection modules is displayed. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 16: Green Bcm Client Interface

    On the dialog, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Click Properties. Make sure to select Use the following IP address and enter IP address, subnet mask and gateway: _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 17 Now the PC/Laptop is properly connected to the CLIENT interface of Green BCM and can communicate with Green BCM., for example assigning permanent IP addresses to the projection modules, cf. Permanent IP addresses _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 18: Configuring The Client Interface

    In case Configure Green BCM is set to Using DHCP, this interface needs to be connected to a DHCP server (cus- tomer network, business LAN). All PCs/Laptops connected to the same network (DHCP server) can communicate with Green BCM. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 19: Connecting To The Green Bcm

    192.168.10.2) • On the PC, launch Internet Explorer. • In its address bar, enter the URL of Green BCM CLIENT interface. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 21: Green Bcm Web Interface

    You might navigate to a different page either using the link on the left navigation bar or on the home page. The Link Remote Power Supply is only available if the LCD displays have been upgraded with a DC power module. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 22: Green Bcm Client

    4. Green BCM web interface 4.2 Green BCM Client On top of the page you see the version of Green BCM. For OVD/KVD/IVD displays it needs to be version 6 or higher. Click on the link Start Green BCM Client.
  • Page 23: Green Bcm Services

    Restore Restores the database, i.e. the copy made during the Reset operation gets the active database. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 24: Admin

    This page requires login! A dialog pops up. Enter valid credentials! Tasks Green BCM Services / Show Shows the services running on Green BCM (see screen below) _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 25 When confirmed, the Green BCM box and all displays are shutdown. The web page changes to allow starting up the system again. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 26: System

    ('0' through '9' plus the letters 'A' through 'F'). Do not use names longer then 15 characters Do not start your computer name with a numerical character. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 27: System: Time

    Select the required time zone to transform time information (either from NTP server or from the Green BCM hardware clock) from UTC into a local time zone. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 28: Network

    New discovered devices are im- mediately listed; no restart of the DHCP server is required). _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 29: Wall Dhcp

    If required this address will be assigned to another device detected in the video wall network. Besides the short term IP addresses Barco Wall Control Manager Software offers to assign a permanent IP ad- dress to a device. The MAC address of the device and the assigned IP address are stored as a pair in the configu- ration table of the Green BCM DHCP server.
  • Page 30 Green BCM. (see screen below)) • To reboot the display (launch the web interface of the display and push the reboot button (see screen below)) _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 31: Devices

    This link and the navigaton bar and the related page is only available if the LCD displays have been upgraded with a DC power module. When the page is opened, data of the remote power supply is queried. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 32 The result shows the number of power supplies per back plane, the output voltage, the output current, the tem- perature and the fan health. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 33: Barco Wall Control Manager Client Application

    JavaScript needs to be enabled Popup dialogues need to be enabled 5.2 Launching the client application The Barco Wall Control Manager Client application can be launched by any Windows PC connected to the Green BCM. Click on BCM Client to start the client application.
  • Page 34: Overview

    The web interface of a display can easily accessed via the IP address shown in the dashboard of the display, cf.5.4.2 Dashboard of a display The web interface is explained in the Reference Manual Webinterface OVD/KVD/IVD. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 35: Setting Up A Video Wall In Barco Wall Control Manager Client

    5. Barco Wall Control Manager Client application 5.4 Setting up a video wall in Barco Wall Control Manager Client When Barco Wall Control Manager client is launched and no wall has been created yet the web page just shows the command buttons: The settings button allows switching on and off the visibility of tool tips.
  • Page 36 Use the spin buttons to set width and height – the fields are not editable. Click on the button next to the wall name to add this wall. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 37 Continue to the next step. The next step links the cell in the grid to a display, represented by its serial number. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 38 The first serial number in the list is highlighted blue. In the video wall, the display with this serial number starts blinking (black-white pattern). _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 39 (seen from front). In case the display is set to a static IP address, it will be skipped. Before IP readdressing is processed, an info dialog is shown which allows skipping the readdressing. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 40 With KVD and IVD displays, after setting up a display wall, a brightness scheduler is displayed: You might configure the scheduler later using the button Manage, cf.6.6 Manage. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 41: Dashboard Of A Wall

    Black Level, White Level, Whitebalance X, Whitebalance Y, CPU Board Temp, OPS Slot Temp, LCD Driver Temp, Power Supply Temp, Ambient Temp, Fan 1 RPM, Fan 2 RPM, Display Runtime, Backlight Runtime, System Uptime. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 42 In case the connection status is disconnected, the square shows red. In addition he display in the wall grid shows Error. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 43 (Clicking “Back to Overview”) if dashboard has been activated on the Control screen will redirect to the Control screen of the display wall.) _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 45: Controlling And Managing An Ovd/Kvd/Ivd Display Wall

    (mini displays are scaled). In vertical direction the client offer a scrollbar for scrolling to the desired dis- play. On the Control page, you can always hide/show the control panel by clicking the arrow: _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 46 (Clicking “Back to Overview”) if dashboard has been activated on the Home screen will redirect to the Home screen of the display wall.) _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 47: Switching On/Idle

    To select a display, click into the display: the display will show a pigeon blue border as visual indicator that it is the target for the commands. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 48 Not all controlling actions support multi selection. Amongst others, multi selection works for switching displays on/idle, selecting inputs, … If multiple displays are selected, no combined status is shown. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 49: Input

    The mini displays show the selected input and (in brackets) the active input. In case the active input is not the same for all displays, multiple buttons show a colored border. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 50 The INPUT tab allows setting the display mode and enabling/disabling tiling for the entire wall. Display mode can also be set for a single display. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 51: Color

    For a single display, the COLOR control panel allows adjusting the white point – this is for fine tuning the result of the SenseX adjustment algorithm. This functionality is not available in native mode, only in SenseX mode. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 52 This takes around 20 -25 secs until all displays and all properties are updated. Refreshing a browser window e.g. by pressing F5 will not shorten this time since it will not trigger a polling cycle. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 53: Brightness

    Adjusting the brightness of a single display offers a slider for individual brightness adjustment. Please note that it takes some time until all displays and properties are updated. F5 (refreshing browser window) does not help. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 54: Contrast

    This takes around 20 -25 secs until all displays and all properties are updated. Refreshing a browser window e.g. by pressing F5 will not shorten this time since it will not trigger a polling cycle. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 55: Manage

    A task can be scheduled for the entire wall only, not for a single display. 6.7 Settings Use the Settings menu to show/hide tool tips. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 57: Replacing A Display In A Display Wall

    Click Assign. The first entry in the information box is selected. Click Skip until the identify pattern becomes visible at the new display. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 58 In case you end up with duplicate IP addresses, go to GBCM webpage Wall DHCP and remove the MAC address of the broken display, cf.4.7 Wall DHCP. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 59: Controlling A Wsm-200 With Gbcm

    To make startup working correctly, the BIOS setting of the WSM-200 need to be adjusted. Check/apply the following settings: Parameter Value Advanced AC Power Loss State Always ON Chipset Wake on LAN Enabled _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 60: Configuration For Shutdown

    On WSM-200, go to Start\Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\User Accounts\add Create a user “shutdown” with password “shutdown” (Control Panel Check “Password never expires”. Check “Account is disabled”. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 61: Installation Of An Ssh Server

    Copssh requires a dedicated service account. You might accept the default settings as suggested by the setup wizard and create the service account svcCOPSSH. At the final step of the installation launch the CopSSH control panel. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 62 On the Status tab, you can monitor, start and stop the service On the Users tab, you need to add the user “shutdown”, cf. 8.2.1 User account _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 63 8. Controlling a WSM-200 with gBCM Click Add to start the Copssh User Activation wizard: Enter domain and the user “shutdown”. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 64 Make sure to remove the tick in Enabled to disable SFTP: Click Apply To make the changes effective the service needs to be restarted. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 65 Got to the tab User. It should now look like this: Click on Keys to import the key downloaded from the gBCM web page, cf. 4.5 System Click Import. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 66 8.2.2.1 COPSSH Control Panel). Status tab click the button connection and check the active connections – the user shutdown needs to be listed. _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 67 The service is called Openssh SSHD. You might also start/stop the service via Windows Services (Start-Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Component Services) _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...
  • Page 69: Contact

    Beneluxpark 21, 8500 Kortrijk (Belgium) RPR Kortrijk - BE0473191041 Visit Barco at http://www.barco.com For Professional Support visit http://www.barco.com/support For Sales or other Contact information visit http://www.barco.com/contact/regional-offices _______________________________________________ Barco - Barco Wall Control Manager OVD/KVD/IVD - R591337 - user manual - Revision 04 - March-2016...

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